This is in conversation from Apple News.
I'm Shemita Vasu.
Today, what one of the most dangerous paths to America really looks like.
Last December, a Venezuelan couple and their two children,
ages 2 and 8, set out to travel to the United States on foot.
The night before they were about to enter the jungle,
the father, Burkan, started having second thoughts.
Burkan was pacing and questioning himself.
You know, what if this happens?
What if that happens?
What if one of the children is bit by a snake?
What if one of them gets a fever?
Burkhan and his family were about to cross the Darien Gap,
one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world.
It begins in Colombia and stretches about 70 miles north into Panama.
It's the only way to get from south to Central America by land,
and it cuts through dense jungle, rocky climbs and rushing rivers.
On their first day of the trek, the family struggled.
Burkhan was carrying his two year old son on his shoulders.
He was shaking from both exhaustion and fear.